Hi,
I've noticed that the Washington, D.C. VA Medical Center has had flyers out for a few months looking for veterans to take part in a study related to TBI and PTSD. I wonder if it is part of the study you mention?
The Army and Marine Corps are now requiring Soldiers and Marines deploying overseas to go through neuro-cognitive testing pre- and post- deployment to measure the effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (M-TBI). They actually determine a baseline and check for measurable changes in a person's neuro-cognitive behavior. It is all computer-based testing and takes less than 1/2 an hour per person to complete.
As part of cognitive problems I was having a few months ago I went through neuro-cognitive testing and TBI screening at the VA Medical Center. While they found some cognitive problems, they couldn't link them to TBI. (I was involved in one explosion in 2003 but the docs didn't think it was big enough to cause brain injury.) They are looking at neurological possibilities (MS?) and PTSD associated depression as causes for my thinking problems.
Thanks for sharing this info.
KJ
I am a service member, medically retired, who was in a an automobile accident 30 years ago this month, December, 2009. I have been living with TBI and PTSD and knew nothing about symptoms until 6 months ago. I was in a coma for 5 days and suffered Poet Traumatic Amnesia for 2 and a half weeks. My question, why was I not told earlier about the depression and other symptoms that would occur?
The article was very informative.
Thank You, RJC.
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Dear Teri,
I find what you say interesting. However most of your posts are based on research papers and what experts in the mental health are saying or doing. There is little that you say about your personal experiences. I was once busy with research papers and found that this is not the sort of things that people want to discuss. I think that personal experiences are much needed because what is most missing in mental health research is the perspective of the sufferers. We are a little tired to hear what "Experts" have to say unless they are willing to share some personal experiences it really means little to us to be fully honest. But again I am speaking for everyone while I should be speaking about me. So my opinion is that yes this stuff is interesting but it would be good if you could share your experiences.
Alfredo
Alfredo,
I only write here about once a week and try to write about both personal experience and current research.
Timing is timing. When a study such as this one is reported, and I feel it to be of interest to our community, the time to write about is when it's firrst released. That's what determines when I write about research and when I write about personal experience.
Teri